Improvement in washing-machines



G. W. COLE. Washing-Machine.

Patented Aug. 24,1875.

No. I67,071.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIE- GIDEON W. COLE, OF CANTON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,071, dated August 24, 1875; application filed July 22,- 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GIDEoN W. COLE, of Canton, county of Fulton and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Washing-hlachines, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of this invention relates to improvements in washing-machines; and the invention consists in the improved method of attaching the machine to a common tub, all as hereinafter fully described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 2, on the line w m. Fig. 2 is a top-plan view, partly broken away, showing my invention. Fig. 3 is a detail view, hereinafter referred to.

Referring to the parts by letters, letter A represents the upper transverse bar B B, the rectangular brackets; U, the lower large roller D D, the upper yielding rollers, connected by yokes at each end, from the central parts of which project upward through the transverse bar A the rods cl (1, the upper ends of which rest beneath the free ends of flat springs a a; E, a journal, which projects outward from the large roller 0 through a slot in the tub, and is provided at its outer end with a crank, c. G is a block, its upper end provided with a projection, g, which passes through a slot, at, in the bar A, and is provided with a nut, g, on its upper end. The lower end of the block G is contracted, as at g, and a slight short groove, g, may be cut in the upper inner edge of the tub for its reception.

der formed on the bar G by the contraction The shoulg" may rest on the upper edge of the tub H. I is a plate, with a groove, 2', across its central upper part to form a bearing for the journal E, and is secured to the interior side of the tub by screws 8 s, with the groove t' corresponding in position with a slot, h, in the upper edge of the tub H, and transversely opposite to the groove 9 the plate I has a groove, i, in each end. J is a tongue or ledge projecting from the exterior side of one of the brackets B. K is an ordinary tub.

The operations of my invention not already obvious are as follows: The plate I being socured to the tub, as described, the block Gr may then be adjusted on the bar A to suit the width of the tub. The machine may now be very quickly and readily fixed in position on the tub by inserting the tongue J in the grooves i, and then dropping the other end of the machine until the block Gr rests in the groove 9', and by a reverse operation the machine may be very quickly and easily removed from the tub, the plate I not only serving to hold the machine in position, but also serving as a bearing for the journal E.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The rollercarrying frame A B B, having block G and tongue J constructed as described, in combination with the tub K, having groove g, slot h, and grooved plate I, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

' GIDEON W. COLE.

Witnesses:

J. J. TUNNIOLIFF, M. H. BARRINGER.

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